Although immigration of workers generates a positive externality on members of domestic pension systems, many countries are very reluctant to allow foreigners into their labor markets. In a political economic framework, we explain this voting outcome by considering a young unskilled median voter...

In der öffentlichen und politischen Debatte wird Zuwanderung als eine Möglichkeit diskutiert, das Problem der Alterung von Gesellschaften abzumildern. Gleichzeitig lassen sich zum Teil sehr starke Widerstände gegen Zuwanderung feststellen. In den letzten Jahren hat sich auch die Wissenschaft...

The paper presents univariate and panel unit root tests for gasoline and oil price convergence over the last decade. We test for the absolute versus relative version of the LOOP and estimate the speed of convergence as well as its development over time. Our results show that the absolute version...

In der öffentlichen und politischen Debatte wird Zuwanderung als eine Möglichkeit diskutiert, das Problem der Alterung von Gesellschaften abzumildern. Gleichzeitig lassen sich zum Teil sehr starke Widerstände gegen Zuwanderung feststellen...

The paper presents univariate and panel unit root tests for gasoline and oil price convergenceover the last decade. We test for the absolute versus relative version of the LOOP andestimate the speed of convergence as well as its development over time...

Although immigration of workers generates a positive externality on members of domesticpension systems...

Although immigration of workers generates a positive externality on members of domestic pension systems, many countries are very reluctant to allow foreigners into their labor markets. In a political economic framework, we explain this voting outcome by considering a young unskilled median voter...

The paper presents univariate and panel unit root tests for gasoline and oil price convergence over the last decade. We test for the absolute versus relative version of the LOOP and estimate the speed of convergence as well as its development over time. Our results show that the absolute version...

In der öffentlichen und politischen Debatte wird Zuwanderung als eine Möglichkeit diskutiert, das Problem der Alterung von Gesellschaften abzumildern. Gleichzeitig lassen sich zum Teil sehr starke Widerstände gegen Zuwanderung feststellen. In den letzten Jahren hat sich auch dieWissenschaft...

The paper presents univariate and panel unit root tests for gasoline and oil price convergence over the last decade. We test for the absolute versus relative version of the LOOP and estimate the speed of convergence as well as its development over time. Our results show that the absolute version...